Deepika Padukone may be summoned by NCB in drugs case if needed: report

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), probing the alleged Bollywood-drug nexus, may summon actor Deepika Padukone if wanted, an official stated on Tuesday. NCB sources stated some WhatsApp conversations purportedly discussing medicine are on the radar of the company.

Some of those chats had been purportedly between Deepika’s supervisor Karishma Prakash and one “D”, they stated. The official stated the NCB may also summon actors Rakul Preet Singh and Sara Ali Khan, and designer Simone Khambatta this week.

KPS Malhotra, deputy director of NCB, confirmed that KWAN expertise administration company’s CEO Dhurv Chitgopekar has been summoned to affix the continuing investigation. Dhruv reached the Bombay Port Trust (BPT) visitor home, the place NCB officers are, at round 2 pm. Sushant Singh Rajput’s expertise supervisor Jaya Saha additionally reached the visitor home to affix the investigation.

However, Malhotra denied that any summons was ship to KWAN’ worker and Deepika Padukone’s supervisor, Karishma Prakash. “No summons has been issued to Karishma. But we will send her a summon later this week,” stated Malhotra.

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“The NCB will first question Karishma Prakash and might summon actor Deepika Padukone if needed,” the official stated.

During the NCB’s investigation into the medicine angle in actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s demise case, a wider medicine nexus in Bollywood surfaced. Sushant’s expertise supervisor Jaya Saha was questioned by the NCB on Monday.

The NCB has up to now arrested greater than 12 individuals, together with Sushant’s girlfriend and actor Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty, in reference to the probe into the medicine angle within the case of the actor’s demise.

Sushant (34) was discovered lifeless at his residence in Bandra on June 14.

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